Isaac Barry

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A sign in front of a fence: "CAUTION Spray Range 7-10 feet"
a screenshot of a TikTok follower list showing only one: Chicken Nekh
Boxes of Carcassonne board game variants and expansions line some gift shop shelves
Looking through a series of old stone archways, out to the distant water and Dakar Plateau
A framed photographic print of a figure wearing a robe of hand-stitched red and black sequins, a black rigid conical shroud hides the face within, but a close inspection reveals a feline face inside.
Inside a cathedral, a large stone column dappled in colored light.
A man stands, Al Green, holding his cane aloft in protest to the lies of Donald Trump, while Maria Cantwell's thoughts and concerns are invisible
A painting of the moment an explosion tosses a group of uniformed men over each other in a jumble.
"The End" centered on a dark outer space background. Screenshot from the ending Final Fantasy II credits
Two priests sit at a table. One is holding a poster showing a diagram of a person's head, with the word "DREAMS" written inside the head, and "REALITY" written outside of the head. A still image from British television program, Father Ted.
Reconstructed bunks in the Dachau concentration camp
Close up of a man wearing sunglasses and a baseball hat
Two details from a decoration on display at the Bergen City museum. On the left, a mounted soldier raises their hand in a greeting gesture. On the right, a wider view of the same scene shows a mounted warrior on the other side of a king, returning the wave.
Two images from Tim Robinson's I Think You Should Leave television series. Left is showing a man acting excited and drunk and obnoxious. Right is the same man, cradling a baby with the subtitle "I used to be."
A LinkedIn dialog box reads "Are you sure you want to remove Jamie R. Collyer as a connection?" Two buttons read Cancel and Remove.
A collage of two screen clips from a Windows 11 Network & Internet settings panel display data usage. The first Data Usage shows 23 MB, arrows connect to Discord, and to the second Data Usage showing 204 MB
UI detail shows three buttons. "Reveal you GOG key", "Reveal you OUYA key", "Reveal your Steam key"
A collage of images showing details of a flight of stairs in a Dakar condominium building. In the left image, each stair in the flight can be seen to have its own height, different from its neighbors. In the two smaller images on the right, we see close-ups showing that some steps have been modified to fit the bannister, suggesting that the steps are not aligned with a standard rise over run.
A scene from the movie Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), a small crowd dressed in science fiction costume, watch two women in the foreground
A close-up of a balcony, the polished tile of the floor is covered in light but distinct cover of dust.
A pic of a Bluesky post dated January 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM reading "$100 million game: it's shit and just a product / SaaS platform. Game made by one dude: Artistic Masterpiece Bring back game devs like Kojima and CliffyB" The post has ten likes. It should have none. Kojima has gone nowhere; he is directing an entire studio. So WTF? While CliffyB is probably where he belongs, unless it's making a game.
A dining table is being used as a makeshift desk. A laptop and portable monitor and a small clutter of cables and adapters litter the surface. A red armchair is pulled up. The whole affair looks non-ergonomic.
An airline seat back display shows a 3D world map and a flight path from JFK (New York, USA) across the Atlantic Ocean to DSS (Dakar, Senegal).
December 2023, a view of a paved walkway on Gorée Island, walls on either side are lined with plant and tree growth. Red, pink and white blossoms hang overhead. A flight of steps leads to an opening in the street, where we see a small group of tourists stopped.
A paperback of Bookshops & Bonedust, by Travis Baldree, held in a right hand, along with some car keys. Behind are a few bookstore shelves.
A picture of an empty MPM-76 car of the Marseille Metro. The decor is bright orange, brown, and cream colored. While almost fifty years old, a refurbishment 2005-2007 has helped cars like this look modern.
A cropped detail from an airplane flight safety sheet appears to show a person looking through a window shooting a red beam from their eyes and causing a fire. Another below appears to be breaking something into a mess. Have no fear, the person is safe inside and will not be going outside.
From a 2023 market in Bonn, Germany, two beheaded reindeer bucks stare into our souls from beneath funny hats, one a traditional German hunting cap, and the other, a Santa cap. Below this casually horrific display are signs marking the lines for a variety of beverages, coffee, egg punch, and knock-out juice called glühwein (mulled wine, with optional liquor)
A modern 2-door coupe, painted a monochrome camouflage and with darkly tinted windows, waits at an intersection in Florence, Kentucky.
A museum display of Man Ray's 1927 Chess Set made from brass silver and gold.
A screenshot from the 1982 game Moon Patrol, a magenta moon buggy on the ground, before an alien city and mountains in the background. In the open-space sky, three alien craft hover, one has been struck by the player's shots and is exploding.
A logotype reading "Computer City Supercenter" from the Tandy subsidiary company that operated from 1991 - 2000
From the anime Bubblegum Crisis, a close-up of a fanciful science-fiction computer keyboard with keys arranged irregularly. Hands above the controls appear to hesitate. Are they confused?
In an app window labeled "Start a new chat", the word "spaceshipper" is entered. Below, a profile for The Spaceshipper appears with "@thespaceshipper can't be messaged"
A piece of the screenplay for Baby Driver (2017) by Edgar Wright. "GRIFF (CONT'D) Okay folks, if you don't hear from me. It's because I'm dead. Griff exits the frame and the movie. He's never seen again.
Two Oakland A's fans with red eyes attempt smiles at the camera. Their team has lost its last game ever because John Fisher is a turd. Behind and above them, a screen reads "thank you" which has been so framed as to suggest appreciation of the past and present Oakland players, staff, press, broadcasters, and mostly other fans.
A photo of the author laying on a mat, bending backwards, over a high gap, to kiss the Blarney Stone. A guide's hand holds my side.
On a baseball field, a Bonn Capital batter in the foreground (#25 Markus Solbach) prepares a warmup swing as his teammate (#15 Daniel Lamb-Hunt) at the plate prepares to receive the next pitch.
A shot from The Prisoner television show (1967). A middle-aged man in a black sport coat walks down paved steps, passing a similarly dressed person, back to camera, walking the other direction.
A screenshot from a mobile WNBA game list unable to show final scores because the font size is too large to display
A detail from a medieval painting of an imaginary, allegorical ram with six pairs of eyes and horns, leaning on the lap of a saint to nudge a gilded book being held
A status notice from Deutsche Bahn showing two disruptions. "Signal repairs" and "Technical disruption on the train"
Two scenes arranged vertically. On top, an exterior view of the Cologne Cathedral. On the bottom, a tour group outside of the cathedral wearing VR headsets.
Store shelves of Carcassonne board games and Carcassonne add-ons
A map showing known pinball locations has nothing in Bonn